Reasons Why I Should Have Purchased a Laptop Without a Webcam
An Essay. In pictures.
(And no, there’s nothing dirty here. Why are webcams automatically dirty? It’s like just the word itself – webcam – comes with its own bow-chicka-bow-wow porn music.) (Oh, great. Now I used the word “porn” on my website. Hello, people searching for porn. Sorry to disappoint. Be more specific next time. There’s nothing dirty here.) (Unless you count the look on the cats’s faces on my happy cat dance coffee mug. They have that “I thought you locked the door,” look, don’t they?) (Sorry. The essay was supposed to be mostly in pictures. What can I say? I’m a writer. I’m verbal. And, apparently, not at all worried about parenthetical asides being the earmark of lazy writing.)
Okay. Sorry. Here we go. An essay – in mostly pictures:
Poor cat. Her name is Daisy. You can leave sympathetic messages for her in the comments.
You’ve turned your webcam into a photo booth…right down to the four shots in a row and the plain background.
And here for your viewing please are captions for the pictures:
“Do you like my mug? It holds a LOT of vodka.”
“Oooh, Daisy, did you want some too? She’s such cute widdle kitty, she like to drink with me…”
“This is why we get along, she’s not judgemental.”
“Okay, Daisy, let’s go find you a cup with two people on it so we match.”
When does your next book come out again?
So cute! I don’t have a webcam because then I might actually have to use it, and I don’t exactly dress up when I’m writing.
Slave Driver – ha! Great captions! Next book is Wish You Were Here, out in November, and Dogs and Goddesses, out in February.
Caryn – oh, please. That was me first thing this morning. If I can look like that and put the pics up here, you can get a webcam. Not that I recommend it. It’s the mere existence of the webcam that made me do something this silly. Go forth at your own risk.
Lol. New toys always need to be broken in before they lose their luster. Two years ago I bought a new camera. In a week I’d taken at least 500 photos.
You can totally do the same and I won’t complain. All I ask is that you post them and let SlaveDriver write the captions.
Yay! A new blog post.
Okay, I’m easily amused here.
Oh and no sympathy for Daisy here (even if she’s really really cute), since I still remember her guest appearance on the podcast. I think I’m still hearing bells.
Daisy is adorable, but I don’t think that’s the cat from the podcast. Isn’t that one named Calliope? And I looked up the picture on the podcast website and that cat does not look like this cat. http://www.willwriteforwine.com/?p=139#comments
Did Casa Rich expand their cat family?
Sharp ear, Stacy! Actually, sadly, Calliope was killed by a car the day of the final podcast. It was pretty terrible, but I got to take the kids to Sam’s and have champagne while Sam’s daughter swam in the pool with my kids, and that helped a lot. We decided that we had a home ready for a kitty and so many kitties didn’t have a home, so we went to a no-kill shelter and adopted Daisy. We miss Calliope, but Daisy’s a welcome addition to the family.
I think you (and the cat) are adorable.
Did that say final podcast? Did you guys decide to end the podcast while I was absorbed in my own life?
I’m so sorry about Calliope, it must have been awful for you and the girls. But Daisy is lovely, especially her cute little white socks. And if the webcam gets you to your laptop and makes you write stuff for us, it can only be a good thing.
I’m currently halfway through The Comeback Kiss, so I’ll need more soon!
Oh! I’m so sorry to hear about Calliope, but so glad you adopted Daisy (and from a no-kill shelter!)
Does this mean you’re drinking the Kool-Aid and got a Mac? If not, after being with Jenny this weekend, you’re probably going to come back with one!
What a cute Daisy cat. And what cute, white socks she has. If only Hello Kitty! did a range for real kitties (okay, so maybe I’m getting a bit carried away
)
She looks like she’s rolling her eyes in the last picture!
So have you been in a coma for the months of September and October? I know you have a book coming out next month…Will you be touring? If you come to Salt Lake I can pick all the red M&M’s out of the bowl for you. Then I can either set them aside, or rub them in your hair, whichever you prefer.
Oooh. Your kitty looks comfortable, like she would cuddle right beneath your chin and purr. She must be an amazing writing buddy.
So I have to confess. I’ve never actually read one of your books. Though I DO plan on heading to borders soon to find one.
I actuall heard about your successes on NaNoWriMo and wanted to see for myself. Luckily, you seem to write my favorite types of stories, so i just found a treasure trove of new books!
Thanks for being inspirational like!
Lidia
Just finished reading “A Little Ray of Sunshine.” Don’t tell my boss, because I finished it at work. So I used to say that you wrote “chick lit” because all these great books are about relationships–especially that awe-inspiring one between a mother and daughter. You have helped to explain my mother and sister to me. I have now read every book you have published, and don’t know what to do.
Found you by accident–I am a guy who likes to make quilts. So a couple months ago, I went to the library and looked for fiction about quilts. Of course “The Fortune Quilt” was on the shelf, and so I checked it out. When I returned it to the library THE NEXT DAY (thanks for writing such addicting books!), I began my mission to read all your other books. I’m done now. Get to writing! I need more!!!